Individual Career and Academic Plan

10th grade

ICAP Pre-Assessment

Go to NHS Website: http://nhs.svvsd.org Counseling Tab

College and Career Resources Scroll to ICAP

“Click here to learn more about…” Scroll to 10th grade ICAP Pre-Assessment

Use SVVSD log-in to take survey

Who is involved?

What is it?

Why is it important?

How is it recorded?

Individual Career and Academic Plan

Post-Secondary Workforce Readiness

Who am I now? Example: 10th grade

student at NHS Where am I now?

Niwot, CO What do I have to do

now? Get A’s and B’s Get a HS diploma

Who do I want to be? Example: Programmer

for Amazon Where do I want to be?

Seattle, Washington What do I have to do

after high school? Go to a 4-year college Get a BS in Computer

Science

NHS Graduation RequirementsSubject Credits

English 4.0

Math 3.0

Science 3.0

World History/Geography 1.0

US History 1.0

US/CO Government 1.0

Physical Education 2.0

Health 0.5

Practical Arts 0.5

Fine Arts 0.5

Electives 8.0

TOTAL CREDITS 24.5

Update Post-secondary Workforce Readiness Goal

I want to graduate from high school with good grades and then go to college to get my bachelors degree in computer science, so I can hopefully move to Seattle, Washington, and work for Amazon as a Computer Programmer.

$ Money $

Texas Reality Checkhttp://www.texasrealitycheck.com/

How do you get it?

Where does it go?

How do you save it?

PSAT/NMSQT ACT SAT

When: Sophomore or Junior Year

Scholarship OpportunitiesStudents in 11th grade may be eligible for the National Merit Scholarship program and other programs that use PSAT/NMSQT scores.

SAT AdvantageThe PSAT/NMSQT and the SAT have the same format and evaluate the same skills. PSAT/NMSQT students also get a custom SAT study plan based on their results.

Feedback on Strengths and WeaknessesAfter the test, students receive feedback on how ready they are for college and access to tools that help them improve. 

When: Spring Junior Year at Niwot HS, Senior Year on your own

Math: Up to Trigonometry

Science: Charts and experiments

Reading: 4 passages, one each of prose fiction, social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences

Writing:One optional essay, points awarded when certain criteria are met (not offered through Niwot).

Is there a penalty for wrong answers?No

When: Spring Junior Year, Senior Year on your own

Math: Up to basic geometry and algebra

Science: None

Reading: Sentence completion, short and long critical reading passages. Reading comprehension

Writing:One essay, graded as a whole instead of a collection of criteria

Is there a penalty for wrong answers?Yes

http://www.collegeincolorado.org

Username:

sv + first six letters of last name + first six letters of your first name + day of birth

Example: svFoote_Amy18

Password:

sv + 6-digit student number

Example: sv123456

College in Colorado

Career Planning Update Career Cluster

Survey

Learn about Yourself Update Interest Profiler

Revise your Plan of Study Add courses for this year

http://connection.naviance.com/niwot

User name:

Your first initial + Last name + last two digits of your graduation year

Example: AFoote18

Password:

Your student six digit number

Example: 123456

Naviance

About Me Update Resume

Careers Update Personality

Type

Colleges Scholarships

https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/CoverLetters.html

Open Naviance and draft a cover letter using this website as a guide for potential employers and/or communication with college admission reps

How to Write a Cover Letter

Text @Niwot2017 to 23559

You will receive a message, “To join Class of 2017 create your Celly username.”

Reply with your username, which will be your last name followed by your full first name. Example: FooteAmy

Hit send

Niwot 2017 text group

ICAP Post-Assessment

Go to NHS Website: http://nhs.svvsd.org Counseling Tab

College and Career Resources Scroll to ICAP

“Click here to learn more about…” Scroll to 10th grade ICAP Post-Assessment

Use SVVSD log-in to take survey